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====The Death====
Despite the loyalist success in holding the Eternity Gate, Horus' army were still on the brink of victory and soon captured the [[Bhab Bastion]], Rogal Dorn's own command center.{{Fn|28a}} It was then that Horus, his mind in the Warp, intercepted a message from [[Roboute Guilliman]] that he and his reinforcements were a mere 9 hours away from Terra. Horus finally roused from his throne and journeyed to the bridge of the ''[[Vengeful Spirit]]''.{{Fn|28b}} Journeying to the bridge of the Vengeful SpiritThere, he addressed his equerry [[Kenor Argonis]] as [[Maloghurst]], saw long-dead [[Zardu Layak]] at his side, and stated he he would finally finish the war with a daring gambit. To the shock of all present, Horus stated that he had apparently lowered the ''Vengeful Spirit's'' [[Void Shield]]s, inviting the Emperor himself to [[teleport]] aboard his flagship. This would allow Horus to slay the Emperor before Guilliman's reinforcements could arrive. With their Emperor dead, Guilliman's fleet would lose heart and scatter before the forces of the Warmaster.{{Fn|28c}}
Soon enough, the Emperor took the bait and He alongside [[Rogal Dorn]], [[Sanguinius]], [[Constantin Valdor]], and their elite forces all teleported to the ''Vengeful Spirit''. It was then that Horus sprung his trap, using his sorcerous connection to his flagship to scatter the loyalists throughout the vessel. He took control of many of the Emperor's own Custodes, forcing them to attack their own liegelord as the Emperor reluctantly struck them down.{{Fn|28d}} Rogal Dorn was trapped in an endless desert of madness for what seemed to him to be centuries.{{Fn|28e}} Horus revealed his true power and mental strength, which had apparently been concealing in order to lure his father to him.{{Fn|28f}} According to [[Actae]], Horus was preparing to be elevated to a fifth [[Chaos God]], using humanity just as [[Slaanesh]] had used the [[Eldar]]. All across Terra, his followers chanted the name of the soon-ascendant [[Dark King]]{{Fn|28g}} (though apparently this in fact referred to the Emperor).{{Fn|}}
